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Category: Letters

Posted on February 2, 2026January 8, 2026

If we seek only God’s glory and are ready to make every sacrifice for so good a ruler, then the more trials we have to face, the better everything will succeed.

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St. Brother André Bessette, CSC, spent a life of simple hospitality. Reflect upon how you might extend hospitality to someone today who might not otherwise be seen.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 31, 2026January 8, 2026

Continue, my dear friend, to devote yourself to developing the interior life; without this, we are simply wasting our time.

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With Basile Moreau, let us pray: “Lord, give me a heart more worthy of you; rather, make mine gentle, humble, zealous, and loving like yours.” How does this prayer impact you?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 29, 2026January 8, 2026

I feel the need of recommending to you the spirit of union; love one another, without any distinctions among you.

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Reflect upon the text. How will your day impact the poor and the marginalized today?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 28, 2026January 8, 2026

Let us not forget that the development of the work entrusted to us depends upon our acceptance of the inspirations of grace and fidelity to seconding the designs of providence.

In your own life, who is the marginalized person that you encounter daily, and how might the text today impact your encounter with them?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 27, 2026January 8, 2026

We have to do with a God who knows the clay from which we are made, so let us strive to be what we will want to be by the time of our death.

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How might you open yourself today to the mystery of God expressed through Jesus?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 26, 2026January 8, 2026

Let us apply ourselves to practicing the presence of God, patience, recollection, and silence.

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Reflect upon a specific blessing in your life from God.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 22, 2026January 8, 2026

The many kinds of trials we experience are unquestionable marks of the divine will in our regard, and of the presence of God among us.

As Jesus was fully human, what feelings might you mutually share with him as you reflect upon today’s reading?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 21, 2026January 8, 2026

We should have an interior life, directed toward God by the practice of faith, hope, and love, after the example of Jesus Christ.

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Reflecting upon today’s reading, what are the roadblocks for you today in experiencing God’s presence? How might you offer those into God’s hands today?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 20, 2026January 8, 2026

I have been but a simple tool that the Lord will soon break that others more worthy may be substituted; I have never lost hope in providence.

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As you hear the words of Moreau, what vision immediately comes to mind? What significance does this image hold for you?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 19, 2026January 8, 2026

Let us live always and everywhere completely for God through Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

Blessed Moreau speaks about the “zeal.” What fosters zeal and passion in your life?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Blessed Father Moreau was a French priest in the nineteenth century who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross, an order dedicated to educating hearts and minds.

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